Ill retirement benefit

System
System Posts: 261 Online Community Programme Lead
edited March 2023 in Benefits and income

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  • liliana
    liliana Online Community Member Posts: 51 Connected
    Hi, I am Liliana, please give me an advice  regarding  my ill retirement benefit application benefit has  been accepted,  could applie for ESA Thank you?
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,536 Championing
    Hello @liliana, I've just made your post into it's own discussion so that our members can more easily find it. 

    If you retire early because of ill health you may be entitled to other benefits. You can use a benefits calculator to check :)  
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    edited March 2023
    In a previous thread in 2021 you were claiming Universal Credit, are you still claiming this? Thread here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/86084/hi-my-name-is-liliana-my-fit-note-was-not-accepted-by-uc#latest
    If so then a claim for New style ESA will not make you financially better off because it will be deducted in full from any UC entitlement.
    Whether you’re entitled to ESA will depend on your NI contributions in tax years 2020/21 and 2021/22. 
    If entitled it would still be worth claiming because it’s not means tested like UC is so could be useful. 
    Have you been through the work capability assessment for UC? If so what was the decision on that? 

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